Medievalism — For the interdisciplinary study of the medieval period, see Medieval studies. The Middle Ages in Romanticism: Pre Raphaelite painting of a knight and a lady (Lamia by John William Waterhouse, 1905). Medievalism is the system of belief and… … Wikipedia

medievalism — Mediaevalism Me di*[ae] val*ism (m[=e] d[i^]*[=e] val*[i^]z m), n. The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to the institutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the Middle Ages. [Written also {medievalism}.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English